The following was written by Virginia's State Communications Coordinator, Laurie Hackett.
Ever since I was a little girl, I've been fascinated with the Founding Fathers: Patrick Henry, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, George Mason.
One of my favorite things about living in Virginia is that I get to literally walk in their footsteps as I learn what inspired them to liberty.
I've learned that the problems of their day sound a lot like the troubles I hear coming from Washington, D.C., today.
The federal leviathan is back, and it's bigger than ever. With the national debt now at $22 trillion, what can I possibly do?
Then I learned that the Founding Fathers gave us the key to preserve the Constitution.
Thus I became a volunteer with the Convention of States Project to teach others how at the Constitutional Convention, George Mason reminded his fellow delegates that there needed to be a provision in Article V of the Constitution to allow We the People to propose amendments to the Constitution when Congress won't rein in their own power.
There was unanimous agreement.
I am now walking in the footsteps of our Founding Fathers to do as they did: restore self-government. And I get to do so by using my talents in writing and working with social media.
Join me and other patriots to preserve America for our children and grandchildren. Click here to volunteer!
